OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 319 



the under plumage, bright yellow, immaculate. Tarsi 

 rather lengthened. 



Inhabits South Africa. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 65 inches; bill, gape ii; wings 3; tail, be- 

 yond, 1^; ditto, base 21 ; tarsus |3 ; hind toe and claw J. 

 Size of C. strigilata. There are a few dusky stripes on the rich 

 and full yellowish green plumage of the upper parts: the sides 

 of the head are green, with an interrupted maxillary stripe of 

 yellow ; while the yellow frontal band is extended over the eyes 

 and ears : wings and tail brown ; the latter almost even. 

 115. Ckithagra Selbii. Smith.* 



Cinereous grey, striped above, and immaculate be- 

 neath : rump yellow : middle of the throat, belly, and 

 vent, white : sides of the head striped. 111. of Orn. 

 109. f. 2. 



Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchell. Smith. 



Size of a sparrow. Total length 5\-6 inches ; bill, large, thick, 

 1 inch from the gape ; wings 3-^ ; tail, beyond, 5| ; ditto, base 

 2\ ; tarsus f ; hind toe and claw \. Stripes on the crown, and 

 spots on the back, dark brown : wing and tail feathers blackish 

 brown, edged with light grey : the stripe above the eye ; a 

 small spot beneath it ; and another, divided into two, beneath 

 the ears ; are all white. On comparing this with the C. sulphu-' 

 rata, I cannot but view it as a distinct species. The tail is 

 short, and almost even. 



116. Pyrenestes /ro/^^«/^*. 



Dark chestnut brown : 

 front, and spot on the ^^ 

 wings, pure white (male) : 

 under plumage, in the 

 female, whitish, striped 

 with brown: frontal spots ^ 

 obsolete, {fig. 6'4.) 



Inhabits Southern 

 Africa. Dr. Burchell's Coll. No. 410. 



Totallength about 7 inches ; bill, gape -j^ ; wings 3 ; tailfSj; 

 from the base 3 ; tarsus hardly 1 ; hind toe and claw -^! 

 This remarkable species differs from that f which I have consi- 

 dered the type of this subgenus, in having the culmen curved ; 

 yet, as the bill is perfectly entire, and the whole structure of 



^Z ^i!^?*,**"^ ^''°^^ '''^' written, I find this species has been described bv 

 iJr. Mnith, and named in honour of our mutual friend, Mr. Selbv • the 

 m.!i^t be cancelfed "'^''"'' ^^'^'^''''^ ^ designated it in a former volume, 

 t Pyrenestes sanguineus. Birds of W, Af. i. pi 9. 



